I am currently the Head, Research & Scholarly Communication, Western Libraries, Western University. I oversee a team of librarians who support activities throughout the research process, such as copyright, author rights, open access, GIS, and research data management. Previously I was a metadata librarian and the Coordinator of Western Libraries open access Institutional Repository, Scholarship@Western (S@W). As such, I fielded inquiries from faculty, staff, and students about Scholarship@Western, and promoted S@W programs and services. I am keenly interested in digital curation and digital preservation, and I draw on my background in musicology and the humanities to support digital projects.

Recently I have rekindled my love of trumpet playing and have joined several bands. I also am learning to play the Euphonium through the New Horizons Band program, mostly so that I can participate in the annual Tuba Christmasconcert!

Current Interests and Projects:

• Wikidata
• Learning some Python
• Acquiring and transforming data
• Metadata, Metrics and Knowledge Exchange with Western Research
• MEI project
• Genealogy: visualizing family history data

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